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"The Marriage Market" (1913)

Music by Victor Jacobi (1883 - 1921)
Lyrics by Adrian Ross, Arthur Anderson and others

ACT I   -   Mendocino Buff, Southern California.

ACT II   -   On board the yacht "Mariposa," anchored in the Bay of San Francisco.

ACT III   -   Senator Gilroy's Palace, San Francisco.

  • No. 19 - Chorus - "We drink success to both of you as you journey side by side!  The best of health, good luck and wealth to the bridegroom and his bride!"
  • No. 20 - Song - Blinker - "I'm the bridegroom just at present, and enjoy it all I can, but it might have been more pleasant if I'd only been best man!"
  • No. 21 - Song - Kitty and Girls - "When I'm up a tree, or when people worry me, I've got a very useful word ... Jilolo!  Jilolo!  Jilolo! ..."
  • No. 22 - Finale Act III - "Now the clouds have pass'd away!  All the world is May!  My unknown girl I have won.  Do you fancy my success as a Marchioness?"

ADDENDA.

Additional items 23, 24 and 25 were written and composed by Paul A. Rubens.
Item 26 was composed by Hermann Löhr, item 27 was by Pedro de Zulueta, and item 28 was by Lionel Monckton.

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